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11 March 1974
>-Ei-.CRA;IDUMI FOR: Domestic Collection Division
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCE:
(-Mr.
Joseph k. NEROLA
MN 25826, 8 January 1974
1. On 10 January 1974 the WH/2/GS desk received the
referenced memorandum from the Domestic Collecticn Division
indicating the Miami field office had been in contact with one
Joseph R. MEROLA. MEROLA had just returned from a business
trip to El Sa)vader; -ad he reported that a friend of his had
identified a Mr. pin the Political Section of the
American Emb y in San Salvador as a suspect CIA representative.
Headquarters traces on Joseph R. MEROLA indicated that on several'
occasions in the past MEROLA had claimed that he was a CIA
agent. The the r. -referred to
above, was recently questioned r' arding any Embassy contact
with MEROLA while the latter was in San Salvador. The[ill]
stated that both within the Embassy community and at social
functions MEROLA had frequently referred to his contact with
the CIA, past and present. He also volunteered this infor-
mation to a former [jcontact.
2. In light of the above, it would appear that MEROLA
had taken advantage of his agency contacts in an inappropriate
manner to the potential1 embarrassment of the I
We would, accordingly, appreciate that this be given
due c:sideration in ycur assessment of the advartage cf your
nta ct w i th hm. o03
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